You can generate your own mechanical pencil with intelligible metalworking tools.
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Instructions
1. Remove a steel rod from a broken or recycled write personal computer. The rod should be the thickness of your mechanical pencil and Testament serve as the intent for the internal leadership and spring mechanism.
2. Shear off both ends of the rod approximately 6 inches high so that the ends are perfectly Apartment lodgings. Press a divot into the Apartment lodgings site of the rod and drill on ice the centre of the rod to hollow it outside using a drill. For added precision, clamp the rod inside a drill inventory so that it Testament dominion stable while rotating, then encompass the drill bit into the rod.
3. Convenience the drill bit against the side of one end of the rod to make a series of parallel lines 1/16-inch wide around the outside that will be the pencil grip.
4. Cut threads into the inside of the mechanical pencil. This will be where the metal tip, scavenged from the metal ballpoint pen, screws in. Cut the bushing from the metal ballpoint pen to fit inside the other end of the mechanical pencil body.6.
Remove the bottom of the ballpoint pen, including spring and internal loading mechanism. Alternatively, you may purchase these parts from a craft or woodworking store.5.
Polish the entire mechanical pencil body carefully to remove any metal splinters left over from drilling and cutting.
7. Screw the pen tip into the the top of the pencil. Push the pencil lead and spring mechanism inside the pencil, then seal it by pushing the bushing into the bottom. Tap it in with hammer or mallet as necessary.
